Washing-machine.



PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

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JACOB TEEL, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 6, 1905. Serial No. 254,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB TEEL, a citizen of the United States, residingat Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawmgs.

This invention relates to washing-machines.

An object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashing-machines and to provide a sim 1e and comparatively inexpensiveone cap able of rapidly and thoroughly cleansing clothes and otherfabrics without injuring them.

A further object of the invention is to combine in a machine of theworking-body type means for temporarily holding the body stationary andsupporting a clothes-wringer or the like adjacent an opening in the topof said body.

A convenient embodiment of the invention comprises the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view showing the rocking bodydisengaged from the Wringer-supporting frame. Fig.- 2 is a horizontalsection on the line X X, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters refer to corresponding parts in both views, 1 designates thewashing-machine body, having its bottom inclined upwardly from itscenter toward its ends, the body being deepest at the center andgradually decreasing in depth toward its ends andcomposed of the shortvertical end boards 2, side boards 3, top 4, and the upwardlyinclinedbottom plates 5 and 6.

The side boards 3 have their inner faces formed with ribs 7 to providerubbingsurfaces. The bottom 2 is rovided on its upper face with twoopposite y-disposed sets of ribs 8, which are preferably V-shaped incross-section. The oppositely-disposed sets are arranged each on one ofthe upwardlyinclined bottom plates 5 and 6 and consist of a series ofribs 8, disposed on opposite sides of an unobstructed central portion 9and diverging away from the center of the bottom toward one of the endsthereof. The two oppositely-disposed sets of ribs 8 are separated by atransverse bar 10, projecting upwardly from the bottom at the centerthereof preferably to a distance greater than the height of the saidribs 8 and above the most immediately adjacent of said ribs.

A stand composed of legs 11, arranged in pairs and connected bycross-braces 15 and 16, forms a support for horizontal tracksections 17and 18, on which rest rockers 19 and 20, secured to the side boards 3 ofthe body. The body 1, which is thus mounted for a rocking movement, isprevented from endwise movement by antifriction-rollers 21 and 22,secured to the rockers 19 and 20, and cooperating with guides 23 and 24on the horizontal track-sections 17 and 18. When a rocking movement isgiven the body, the clothes or other fabrics contained therein to becleansed will be forced from one end of the same to the other and willbe rubbed by coming in contact with the rubbing-surfaces of the sideboards 3 and the two oppositely-disposed sets of ribs 8, which not onlyserve to rub the clothes or other fabrics, but have a tendency toalternately guide the clothes outwardly in contact with the siderubbing-surfaces and inwardly away from the sides toward the centralunobstructed portions. The unobstructed central portions 9 of theupwardly-inclined bottom plates 5 and 6 furnish channels for the Waterto permit the same to freely circulate under the clothes or otherfabrics. The fabrics in their travel from one end of the body to theother first pass over one of the sets of ribs 8 and in their passagethereover are guided thereby to a certain degree toward one of theunobstructed central portions 9. The fab rics then engage the transversebar 10 and are momentarily held by the same until the lifting action orfriction of the water under the clothes turns them completely over. Thefabrics then move over the other set of ribs 8 and are guided to acertain extent thereby toward the side rubbing-surfaces.

25 and 26 designate recesses formed in the legs 11, in which arepivotally mountedj the ends of bars 28 and 29, connected by transversebars 30 and 31, spaced apart to form a frame 32. The transverse bar 31is adapted to carry a clothes-wringer or the like. To this bar issecured a downwardly-inclined trough 34 to support the clothes prior totheir passage through the wringer and to convey to the inside of thebody drippings or water wrung therefrom. A deflectorboard 35 is alsosecured to the bar 31 and is arranged to train the clothes outwardlyaway from the machine after their discharge from the Wringer, as isobvious. The frame 32, which is of a size to encompass the adjacent endof the body 1, is adapted to be swung down out of the way of said bodyor to be moved to engage the end thereof to hold the same stationary,and when in the latter position the lower edge of the downwardlyinclinedtrough 34 is supported adjacent an opening 36 in the top 4 of the body.The swinging movement of the frame 32 is limited by the end walls of therecesses 25 and 26 and the shoulders 37, formed at the ends of thehorizontal track-sections 17 and 18.

38 designates a hinged cover closing the opening 36, and 39 is anoperating-handle secured to the body 1.

It will be understood that various changes within the scope of theappended claim may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is j In a machine of the class described, arocking body having a bottom inclined upwardly from its center towardits ends and provided on its upper face with two oppositely-disposedsets of ribs diverging in opposite directions away from the center ofthe bottom toward the ends thereof, each of said sets being arranged onone of the inclined portions of said bottom and consisting of a seriesof ribs disposed onopposite sides of an unobstructed central portion,and a transverse bar separating the two oppositely-disposed sets of ribsand projecting upwardly from the center of said bottom between the saidsets of ribs and above the most immediately adj acent of said ribs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB TEEL.

Witnesses F. R. GooDE, E. S. PARKS.

